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Author Sites | Books for Writers | Character Research | Contests
Critique Groups | Editorial Services | Grammar, Style, & Usage
Literary Agencies | Literary Guilds/Book Clubs | Newsletters
Organizations | Prompts | Publishing Houses | Writer Retreats | Writing Sites
AUTHOR SITES
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BOOKS FOR WRITERS
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CHARACTER RESEARCH
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CONTESTS
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Note: WOW! does not endorse any contest, other than our own; These are just for your resources. Be sure to read their terms & conditions carefully before entering. Good luck!
thatfirstline.com/ - Write a great opening line and win $500
shortstorycontest.0catch.com - Toasted Cheese is an e-zine that hosts a variety of contests and takes submissions - John H. Reid and Tom Howard Books host two yearly short story competitions, as well as poetry contests
www.truelifestorycontest.com - True Life Story Contest
www.writers-editors.com - Nonfiction, Fiction, Children's Literature, & Poetry. Contest deadline is March 15, 2008.
www.all-story.com/contests.cgi - Zoetrope's All-Story Short Fiction Contest |
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CRITIQUE GROUPS
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EDITORIAL SERVICES
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Note: WOW! does not endorse any of the following websites. These are just here for your reference. Be sure to check out their policies before joining.
WordHustler - The world's first online submission management platform for writers. Writers upload their manuscripts to their free WordHustler accounts, select markets from our free database of 4,500 agents, publishers, contests, and publications, then we take care of all the physical printing, shipping, and tracking of manuscripts for them.
www.goldduets.com/carol_givner_editing.html - Carol Givner
www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/peesla.htm - a guide for writers who want recommendations, A to Z.
www.robingarland.com - offers creative editorial services to screenwriters (story analysis), novelists, and children's writers.
www.book-editing.com - Serving writers, literary agents, & publishers. Mainstream, genre, trade, & academic publishing specialists. Copyediting, developmental editing, proofreading, manuscript critiques, book proposals, query letters, and creative writing instruction.
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GRAMMAR, STYLE, AND USAGE
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www.GrammarBook.com - English grammar, punctuation, and capitalization rules, examples, interactive quizzes with answers and explanations, weekly e-newsletter, contests, and more. Perfect for writers, editors, teachers, and students. Find the entire contents of Jane Straus's bestselling The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation here!
www.junketstudies.com/rulesofw/ - The most commonly violated rules of writing, grammar, and punctuation.
www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/antagonym.html - Antagonyms - words that have opposite meanings
www.askoxford.com/ - Ask Oxford - free English language reference, writing guides
www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/ - Tutorials on parts of speech, Sentence Elements, Punctuation and Word Use.
www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.html - The Chicago Manual of style
www.westegg.com/cliche/ - Cliche finder, over 3000 indexed
writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/conford.html - Commonly confused words that sound alike but have different meanings.
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ - Guide to Grammar & writing, a easily searchable site
www.bartleby.com/141/ - The Elements of Style, William Strunk, Jr. Online
www.aetherlumina.com/gnp/ - Gender-Neutral Pronouns
www.chompchomp.com/ - Grammar Bytes, a site for teachers, offers hand-outs and interactive exercises.
www.grammarnow.com/ - A site dedicated to answering grammar questions
englishplus.com/grammar/ - Grammar Slammer, includes letter writing
www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm - A handbook of rhetorical devices
www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/heteronym.html - Heteronyms - words that are spelled identically but have different meanings
resume.monster.com/articles/recommendation/ - How to write a letter of recommendation
www.quintcareers.com/writing/ - Indispensable Writing Resources
www.nutsandboltsguide.com/ - The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing - help with essay writing
lilt.ilstu.edu/golson/punctuation/ - Punctuation made simple
www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/revise.html - Revising Prose
www.shunn.net/format/story.html - Manuscript formatting
www.worldwidewords.org/ - Articles, origins of phrases, usage notes
thesaurus.reference.com/ - Dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia online |
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LITERARY AGENCIES
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LITERARY GUILDS/BOOK CLUBS
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NEWSLETTERS
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Abundant Writing News - delivers a hodgepodge of writing resources delivering with no frills - just the way busy writers like it.
CoolNewsletter4Writers - interviews, contest, articles and more.
EU Writer - a sister publication to Worldwide Freelance Writer that gives information on European markets and much more.
Flash Fiction Flash - Pamelyn Casto's newsletter for flash literature writers. Markets, contests, publishing news for short-literature 1,500 words or fewer (including short-short stories, prose poetry, creative nonfiction, haibun, flash memoirs, flash plays)
Notes in the Margin - a labor of love from freelancing whiz Kristen King and a paying market for articles and reviews.
Sharing with Writers - a newsletter packed with tips on promotion, the craft of writing, editing and more
The Writer Newsletter - a promotional newsletter and full stories will mainly be found in the current issue of the print magazine.
WritersWeekly - a potpourri of resources, classified ads and new job listings.
Writing World - articles, markets, columns, scam warnings, calls for assistance from writers.
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ORGANIZATIONS
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www.StoryCrafters.net - StoryCrafters welcomes writers of all craft levels and genres. You'll find lots of great information, protected critique rooms along with encouragement and support.
www.csfwg.org
Colorado Springs Fiction Writer’s Group
If you live in the Pike’s Peak area, then the Colorado Springs Fiction Writer’s Group offers networking, critique groups and more. Writing resources and the group’s archives are available online.
www.longridgewritersgroup.com
Long Ridge Writer's Group
This site offers free tips, transcripts of interviews, discussion forums and its "Breaking Into Print" writing course.
http://southwestwriters.com/index.php - “SWW offers workshops, professional critique services, several genre conferences, writing contests, and a monthly newsletter packed full of information on publishers, editors and agents.”
http://www.bookgroupexpo.com - Serious readers having serious fun!
www.zest.net/writeon - is a non-profit organization that encourages children to discover joy, self-confidence, and expression through writing and reading. My hope is that by motivating students to read and write, they will gain a love for these wonderful activities that will last a lifetime.
www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com - a group of serious writers both experienced and aspiring, are dedicated to the mutual support and development of each others' careers, and advancing the interests of writers and the writing community in general.
www.bookgroupexpo.com, ann@bookgroupexpo.com - brings together serious readers and their passions—food, wine, conversation and everything else. Two full days of book-related activities all in the comfortable and exciting company of other book lovers and authors.
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PROMPTS
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PUBLISHING HOUSES
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WRITER RETREATS
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WRITING SITES
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www.dragish.com - “a place where writers from around the world can find great writing resources.”
www.thewriterssite.com - Writing tips, Writing resources, Places to get published, Writing blogs, and more.
www.absolutewrite.com - The one-stop web home for professional and beginning writers
aboutfreelancewriting.com - Writing jobs, Reviews, Q & A and more
www.coolstuff4writers.com - Writing articles, Tips, Interviews, Ask the Book Dr. and more
www.writewords.org.uk - Based in the UK, they offer a warm welcome to members from all around the world!
www.writers-editors.com - A link between writers and editors, also contests in nonfiction, fiction, children's literature, & poetry
www.warnercoaching.com - If you're a writer and you're wondering if you want or need a coach descover the resources of Warner Coaching services
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